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Jonathan Harker’s Journal

           ThiswasalltheinformationMr.Billingtoncouldgiveme,soIwentdowntotheportandsawthecoastguards,theCustomsOfficersandtheharbourmaster,whokindlyputmeincommunicationwiththemenwhohadactuallyreceivedtheboxes. Theirtallywasexactwiththelist,andtheyhadnothingtoaddtothesimpledescription‘fiftycasesofcommonearth’,exceptthattheboxeswere‘mainandmortalheavy’,andthatshiftingthemwasdrywork. Oneofthemaddedthatitwashardlinesthattherewasn’tanygentleman‘suchlikeaslikeyourself,squire’,toshowsomesortofappreciationoftheireffortsinaliquidform. Anotherputinariderthatthethirstthengeneratedwassuchthateventhetimewhichhadelapsedhadnotcompletelyallayedit. Needlesstoadd,Itookcarebeforeleavingtolift,foreverandadequately,thissourceofreproach. 

           30September. ThestationmasterwasgoodenoughtogivemealinetohisoldcompanionthestationmasteratKing’sCross,sothatwhenIarrivedthereinthemorningIwasabletoaskhimaboutthearrivaloftheboxes. He,tooputmeatonceincommunicationwiththeproperofficials,andIsawthattheirtallywascorrectwiththeoriginalinvoice. Theopportunitiesofacquiringanabnormalthirsthadbeenherelimited. Anobleuseofthemhad,however,beenmade,andagainIwascompelledtodealwiththeresultinexpostfactomanner. 

           FromthenceIwenttoCarterPaterson’scentraloffice,whereImetwiththeutmostcourtesy. 

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